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When you make a new hire, what matters most to your company? Do you make a decision the second you take a look at a resume? Or do you wait until you meet someone, until you get a chance to see if they have passion for what they do?

It’s important to remember that a good employee is so much more than their experience and that hiring someone new is so much more than replacing a lost employee. Bringing new team members on board is crucial to growing or scaling your company. The hiring decisions you make now could make or break the future your business. Here’s how to look past experience and hire someone who is passionate about your company’s vision.

Avoiding Desperate Decisions

Whether you’ve lost someone who was invaluable to your team or you signed on for a large job and need to grow your team, fast, it’s easy to let desperation drive your hiring decisions. Workers who have the necessary skills can be hard to come by, but that doesn’t mean you should jump at the first semi-qualified candidate.

Hurried decisions are often poor decisions and the wrong hire, even if they are experienced, can cost your company big money. Because of this, we believe it’s important to avoid making desperate decisions. For the most part, this is as simple as thinking and planning ahead, long before you begin the hiring process.

First, we suggest that you build a kind of buffer by networking with skilled workers in your area who work as contract employees. Build strong connections with skilled workers who aren’t looking for another full-time job, but a chance to pick up extra work from time to time. These connections will be invaluable to you when business picks up or when you unexpectedly lose an employee.

Secondly, we believe that a solid hiring process is crucial to hiring success. Know where you want to post your job openings, know how you want to review applications, and outline a step-by-step plan for interviewing and hiring new employees. This system should be detailed, all the way down to the exact questions you will ask each applicant.

The Characteristics of a Vision Driven Employee

A good hiring system is important, but it won’t mean anything if you don’t know what you are looking for in a team member. On paper, you can’t really see more than experience. It will be the phone interview and in-person interviews that give you a sense of who they are and what they can bring to your team.

Experience is important, but you also want to be sure you are hiring someone who fits the culture of your company, who is driven to come into work and work hard each day because they believe in your vision.

A vision-driven employee is someone who is passionate about the future. They aren’t just looking for their next job, they’re looking for a chance to learn and grow. A vision-driven employee will have strong leadership potential because they are a person of integrity. They believe in working hard and doing the right thing. A vision-driven employee will be excited about your plans for growth and will want to be a part of scaling your business. They will care not just about their paycheck, but the role they play in your team.

Hiring “Unqualified” Employees

Would you take a chance on an employee who cared about your business and was willing to work hard but didn’t have the training necessary to succeed? We think it’s worth the chance. The truth it, you can teach the skills necessary for working in the water damage restoration industry much more easily than you can teach integrity, passion, and drive.

If you choose to take a chance on an under-qualified employee, be certain you have a strong plan in place for getting them up to speed. Map out their training and make sure they understand what will be expected of them once they’re on board. At More Floods, we help small business owners implement systematic training programs for their employees. To learn more about the resources available to our members, click here or call 1-866-667-3357.

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